Fence-wiring clamp.



L. G. HINKLE.

FENCE WIRING CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED JAN, 1a, 1909.

Patented July 13, 1909 w -lj Wdnuoey ANDREW. a. GRAHAM cm, FBOTO-LIYHOGRAPHERS. wAsmuawu n c LUGINDA O. HINKLE, OFSHREVE, OI-IIO.

FENCE-WIRING CLAMP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUGINDA C. HINKLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shreve, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenceiring Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to clamps for engaging wire fabric fencing, and has for its object the provision of an improved device consisting of two clamp-bars held together by pins secured to one bar engaging apertures in the other bar, said pins being provided with slots of graduated length to receive a wedge-key to clamp the bars together, the pins being provided with rectangular shoulders that fit similarly formed recesses in a head on the one bar, while the other bar is formed with a groove to receive said head, said head and groove also operating to flex the wire fabric to more securely hold it between the bars.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 a side view in elevation of my improved clamp, showing it in engagement with the wire fabric; Fig. 2, an edge view, showing the pins in longitudinal section; Fig. 3, a cross-section of the clamp through one of the pins; and Fig. 41, a view of the bar to which the pins are secured.

In the drawings similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

1 and 2 indicate the two bars constituting the two clamp members, the bar 1 having a head 8 that engages the groove 4- in the bar 2 when the device is in operation and serves to flex the wire fabric A so as to more securely hold it.

5 indicates pins formed with rectangular shoulders 6 that engage rectangular depressions 7 in bead 3 and threaded ends 8, that extend througl'l holes 9 in bar 1, and 10 nuts engaging said threaded ends to secure the pins in place. The other ends of pins 5 engage holes 11 in bar 2, each of said pins be ing provided with a slot 12 graduated in length with relation to the slot in each of theother pins to receive a wedge key 13, that is inserted .111 the slots from one end of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 13, 1909.

Patented July 18, 1909.

Serial No. 472,031.

clamp, preferably the upper, the slot in the pin at that end of the clamp being the longest, so as to receive the widest portion of the key 13, while at the other end the slot is the shortest and the intermediate pins have slots graduated as stated to snugly fit the clamp, the outer edges of the slots being formed on a slant, as shown at 12 to en gage the inclined edge of the wedge-key 13.

14 indicates wear-plates on the outer surface of bar 2.

In operation the device is secured to the wire fabric by removing the bar 2 from bar 1 and inserting the pins 5 through the meshes of the fabric. Bar 2 is then placed in position on pins 5 and the wedge-key 13 driven through slots 12. This will securely clamp the fabric between the bars, when the fence may be stretched by means of a lever, Windlass, or other suitable device, (not shown).

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A wire-fabric clamp comprising two bars, pins secured to one bar, the other bar having holes to receive said pins, the end of each of said pins having a slot graduated in length with relation to the slot in each of the other pins, and a single wedge-key engaging said slots, substantially as shown and described.

2. A wire-fabric clamp comprising two bars, one bar having rectangular recesses and holes therein, pins having rectangular shoulders engaging. said recesses and thread.- ed ends, threaded fastenings to engage said threaded ends, the other bar provided with holes to receive the other ends of the pins, the end of each of the pins provided with a slot graduated in length with relation to the slot in each of the other pins, and a single wedge-key engaging said slots, substantially as shown and described.

3. A wire-fabric clamp comprising two bars, one bar having a longitudinal head. with rectangular recesses and transverse holes centrally of said recesses, pins having rectangular shoulders engaging said recesses and threaded ends fitting said transverse holes, threaded fastenings engaging said threaded ends, the other ends of said pins having longitudinal slots graduated in length With relation to the slot in each of the In testiinon' whereof I affix my signature other pins, and the other bar having a, 1011 in presence 0 tWo Witnesses. gitudinal groove to fit the head on the first- LUGINDA O HINKLE mentioned bar and transverse apertures to receive the pins, and a single Wedge-key t0 Witnesses:

engage the slots in the pins, substantially as MARY A. CARL5 shown and described. NATTIE NAVE. 

